PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Hickey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dave Waters looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Waters
vs
Hickey

180 cm
25
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

181 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Wisdom clothing (O.R.G)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Waters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Hickey!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hickey shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Waters but Waters pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Waters looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Hickey looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hickey fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dave Waters has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Hickey.
Hickey closes this distance looking for a takedown but Waters circles away.
Hickey has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hickey shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hickey has a takedown stuffed.
Hickey shoots in looking for a takedown but Waters manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hickey's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Waters gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Waters stalls.
Waters wants to get back to striking at distance but Hickey won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hickey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Waters's efforts to push away.
Hickey has Waters pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Waters manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Waters lands a body punch in the clinch.
Waters is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Waters misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters is pressed up against the cage. Hickey has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Waters down to the mat. Waters avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hickey shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Waters as he jumps to the side.
Jake Hickey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hickey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hickey fails with a takedown attempt.
Waters lands a jab-cross combination.
Hickey fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Hickey darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Hickey is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hickey seems to be looking for submissions.
Waters is looking for a sweep. Hickey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Hickey maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Waters could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Hickey has cracked it and Waters is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Hickey!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jake Hickey!
After the fight, Jake Hickey was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.